Improvement in safety-locks for fire-arms



A. SKERL & Tl. CLARK. SAFETY-Lemmon FIRE-ARMS.

Patented Apr118,1876,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADoLRH sKERL AND THOMAS CLARK, 0E PHLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAFETY-LOCKS FOR FIRE-ARMS.

l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,367, dated April 18, 1876; application filed March 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that We, ADOLPH SKERL and THOMAS CLARK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylva` nia, have invented au Improved Safety Device forFire-Arms, of which the following is a specification:

The object of our invention is to construct v a simple and efficient device for preventing the accidental discharge ot' tire-arms; and this object we attain in the manner which we will 110W proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, iu Which- Figure l is a plan view, partly in section, of a douhlebarreled gun with our improved safety device applied thereto; Fig. 2, a side view of the same.

A Aare the barrels, B B the hammers, and

` D D the triggers, all arranged and operating as usual. E is the stock ot' the gun, into which is iitted a transverse casing, a, carrying two projecting from one side ot' the same, as shown in Figs. ,L and 2, a spring, j, tending to force thel long arm of the lever outward.

When either hammer is up the bolt adjacent to it will be' forced out by its spring, and

the full descent ofthe hammer will be prevented until the bolt is withdrawn by pressure applied to the long arm of the lever h, which is so placed that it can-be conveniently operated by the thumb While the -foretinger pulls the trigger. A i

Should the trigger be accidentally struck or pulled so as to release the hammer, the latter will be arrested by the bolt before it can strike and explode the cap.

1t' desired, the hammer may have but one notch for the entrance of the trigger, the bolt b taking the place of the'usual half-cock or safety notch.

It will be evident that different modes of operating the bolts b may be adopted, and that our invention is equally applicable to single as Well as to double barreled guns, and also to revolvers.

We claim as our inventionl. The combination,in a fire-arm, ot' the hammer B with a spring-bolt, b, projecting from the stock into the path of tnehammer, and capable ot' being retracted by pressure applied to the end of a lever, h, as set forth.

2. The combination ot' theI spring-bolts b b and their pins e With the forked arm f and lever l1.. i l .Y

I'n testimony whereof we have signed our naines to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

ADOLPH SKERL. THOMAS CLARK. Witnesses:

HARRY HoWsoN, Jr., HARRY SMITH. 

